July 2008

The Small Things

July 31, 2008

We have about 160 days to go before we launch The Courageous Church on January 11, 2009.  After serving on the pastoral staff of a great church in suburban Atlanta for several years, my family wanted to visit other churches in our city and region before we launched.  After visiting around for a few weeks, [...]

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Leadership Lessons I’m Learning from Buckhead Church

July 30, 2008

I love Buckhead Church.  My entire family loves it.  Even my toddler, EZ, loves it and he’s not easily wooed!  But we love the church for a lot of unexpected reasons.  I already knew Andy Stanley was one of the best teachers in the world.  I expected the technology to make me go oooh and [...]

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Hallelujah!

July 29, 2008

Hallelujah means "let us praise."  After another day of exams and tests, my wife seems to be completely healthy and the baby seems to be as normal as any child of mine can be!   I am thankful to God and thankful for your prayers and support.  We will still be taking this day by day [...]

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Laying Low for a Few Days

July 29, 2008

I love my blog and all of the online social networks that I am a part of. All of my online friends are like a new family for me . Let’s have a virtual group hug. However, nothing means as much to me as taking care of my wife during this difficult time that we [...]

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They Didn’t Show This on The Cosby Show

July 28, 2008

By the time we reach the first episode of The Cosby Show, Clair Huxtable had already earned her law degree, joined a successful practice, and had four children.  Since I learned nearly everything I know about how to raise a big family from Clair & Heathcliff Huxtable (read Donald Miller’s "To Own a Dragon), I [...]

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Buncha Stuff Sunday

July 27, 2008

Some of our BIG NEWS…My blogging buddy and church planting comrade, Gary Lamb, called me to let me know that God really placed on his heart to give our church a big ‘ol Dually truck to tow our portable church trailer later this year. This was 1 of 3 items on our ridiculous wish list [...]

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Started Painting Our Office Today

July 26, 2008

A few months ago Grace United Methodist Church offered The Courageous Church free office space in the community center next to their church right in our target area in downtown Atlanta.  A group of us (Courtny, Erin, Deacon, Chu, Rob, Myself) got up early this morning to clean the walls and throw some primer up [...]

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A Few Big Pieces of News Coming Tomorrow Night

July 26, 2008

About to watch TV with wifey, but I can’t wait to share some really cool and important news with you tomorrow about The Courageous Church!  See you then.

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Hanging @ The National Black Arts Festival

July 26, 2008

I love my family.  My wife is about 11 weeks pregnant and has been sick as a dog.  Our whole crew (Me, Wifey, Kendi, Tae, EZ, plus one in the oven) usually goes somewhere together in the city about once a week, but we’ve been hanging in the house since Rai has been so sick! [...]

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Randy Pausch Passes Away – Leaves Lessons for Us

July 25, 2008

Randy Pausch – the great father, husband, motivator, and Carnegie Mellon professor passed away this morning.  His extremely moving "Last Lecture" has been seen around the world.  More than anything else, I learned from him that we should really value every single second we have on earth -if we know the moments are or last [...]

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I Have a Question for You…

July 25, 2008

Hello to all of my anonymous blog readers that visit from all over the country and the world!  I have a VERY DEEP question for you…. What’s your favorite movie of all time? Just one. Forget everything else, this is how you really get to know someone.  I’ll post mine in the comments section…see you [...]

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Twitter

July 24, 2008

I love using Twitter and think it’s probably an even better way to get a glimpse into my life than this blog.  However, some type of system glitch yesterday caused a lot of us to lose some followers and friends. If you wanna check out my life on Twitter or need to re-follow me there [...]

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The Kids are Starving Dammit!

July 24, 2008

It’s 1:58 AM and I can’t sleep.  My mind is being haunted by the spirits of children that you and I allowed to starve to death.  They are real.  They are starving…until they die.  We did nothing. I posted this AMAZING video a few months ago, but feel led to post it again.  I might [...]

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The Courageous Church Wish List

July 23, 2008

When we launched The Courageous Church website last month, we included a Wish List on it with a few outrageously ridiculous items that we believe will be donated to us!  Call me crazy! I’ve been called a lot worse! We just got word that someone WHO DIDN’T EVEN SEE OUR WISH LIST, is about to [...]

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How Does Our Church Approach…Politics?

July 23, 2008

Over the past few days, I have been detailing how The Courageous Church will approach some hot-button issues.  The conversations are still going on with the posts on homosexuality and women in ministry.  Join us. Today, I’d like to deal with how our church will approach politics.  I love politics.  I was Student Government President [...]

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Wifey’s iTunes Playlist

July 22, 2008

Bought my wife a $15 iTunes gift card…here is what we picked out for her.  Some old school, some new school, some slow jams, some workout and dance around the house with the kids songs, and a few tracks for our inner gangsta. Rihanna – UmbrellaSleepy Brown – MargaritaMary J. Blige – Just Fine RemixSolange [...]

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How Does Our Church Approach…Women in Ministry?

July 22, 2008

Yesterday I blogged about how The Courageous Church hopes to approach the issue of homosexuality.  Today I want to discuss how our church will approach the issue of women in ministry.  Several months ago I discussed this topic at great length here and will borrow greatly from that post today.  I am very passionate in [...]

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How Does Our Church Approach…Homosexuality?

July 21, 2008

This week I am going to be addressing a series of critical questions that I receive regularly in my email inbox.  I live in Downtown Atlanta and The Courageous Church is launching in the downtown/Midtown area of our city in 173 days.  Since beginning our $20 and a Prayer campaign last week, the question I [...]

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Buncha Stuff Sunday

July 20, 2008

I am blown away by how well our "$20 and a Prayer" campaign is going.  We’ve launched it exclusively online and feel like we’re not just raising money and bathing our church in prayer, but we are creating a lot of buzz and excitement about what we’re doing in the process.  Win-Win. To hit our [...]

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Thanking God for the Doors He CLOSED!

July 19, 2008

Most of my prayers are for God to open a door.  I am unashamed to say that I regularly ask God for ridiculous opportunities and connections and still have childlike faith that He hears me and cares enough to act. However, I want to thank God today for the doors that He has CLOSED in [...]

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